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Connecting Diversity To Management: A Study Of Career Development Patterns Of Library Managers In Selected Arl Member Libraries And Arl Lcdp Participants, La Loria Konata, Tim Zou
Connecting Diversity To Management: A Study Of Career Development Patterns Of Library Managers In Selected Arl Member Libraries And Arl Lcdp Participants, La Loria Konata, Tim Zou
University Library Faculty Presentations
This study focuses on diversity in library management. The impetus for our study is based on Thomas and Ely’s Paradigms for Managing Diversity. The first paradigm addresses the “discrimination-and-fairness” issues in business management and measures success in diversity initiatives in terms of how well a company does in recruitment and retention of minority employees. This paradigm aims to increase the number of minorities employed and correct any discrimination and unfairness in the hiring and promotion process. The Spectrum Scholars Initiative is a good example of this. The second paradigm focuses on the aspects of “access-and-legitimacy” of workforce diversity. Employees are …
Identification Of Key Predictors Of Rapid Change Adaptation In A Service Organization: An Exploratory Study That Also Examines The Link Between Rapid Change Adaptation And Organizational Capability, Carol D. Hansen, Constantine Kontoghiorghes
Identification Of Key Predictors Of Rapid Change Adaptation In A Service Organization: An Exploratory Study That Also Examines The Link Between Rapid Change Adaptation And Organizational Capability, Carol D. Hansen, Constantine Kontoghiorghes
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Faculty Publications
This exploratory study attempted to identify key predictors of rapid change adaptation in a service organization. The results of this study suggested that rapid change adaptation would be more likely to occur in an organizational setting within which there is an emphasis on process and quality improvement, innovation, rapid technology assimilation, and internal customer focus. Rapid change adaptation was in turn found to be highly associated with the following organizational outcomes: quick product/service introduction, quality performance, productivity, and competitiveness.